Spam blocking (was Re: MySQL query [sic])

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:36:15 EST
bscott at ntisys.com said:

>  That is my big concern.  The biggest thing keeping me from implementing 
>serious anti-spam on my inbox at work is the risk of false positives.  I get 
>email from customers, often from weird addresses, and I cannot risk ignoring 
>a potentially important email just because a customer can't spell.  :)
>
>  Does anyone here have opinions on anti-spam solutions, when it is more 
>important to minimize false positives than to catch all spam?

Procmail once again saves the day :)

I've been using spamassasin for a few months now.  Overall, the 
number of false positives has been very low.  However, to be safe, I 
use procmail to filter all "spam" into a SPAM folder, which I check 
every now and then to delete what is truly spam, and read what is not.

Of course, the perusal of the folder could be done more frequently if 
needed :)
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